Teenager Arrested After Creating Graphic AI Deepfakes of 50 Classmates

Girls at a Melbourne private school were targeted by AI deepfakes, with one boy arrested and police investigations ongoing.

There are concerns very young children are becoming more involved in using sexual harm against each other. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

A week after the Australian government proposed new laws to target deepfake artificial intelligence (AI) images, police have arrested a teenage boy following a disturbing incident at a Melbourne private school.

Around 50 female students were targeted, with AI being used to create fake computer-generated images and videos using photos of the girls’ faces.